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US POLITICS DNC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO The Hill: CONVENTION LOCKDOWN: Thousands Of Protesters Plan To Disrupt DNC Urging Action On Gaza War, Abortion PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSmFrn0HUaY Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
CONVENTION LOCKDOWN: Thousands Of Protesters Plan To Disrupt DNC Urging Action On Gaza War, Abortion The Hill 1.98M subscribers Aug 19, 2024 #TheHillTV #KamalaHarris #DJT Margaret Chadbourn chats with The Hill’s Julia Manchester as the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Chicago. Julia gives the rundown on who’s speaking, what to expect, and the reaction to Pro-Palestinian protests that threaten to overshadow the four-day convention. Margaret also hears from The Hill’s White House correspondent Brett Samuels, who has a look inside Former President Trump’s campaign and how they’re working to regain the spotlight during the Democrats’ convention week. Brett also gives an update on a new report accusing President Biden of impeachable offenses, the growing feud between Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the expected guilty plea from disgraced former New York Representative George Santos, and RFK Jr.’s flailing campaign. 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Follow The Hill on Instagram and X @thehill Transcript 0:01 [Music] this week is about celebrating what it means to be for the people vice president Harris has chosen in Tim Walls a running mate who has a coach a congressman a sergeant a veteran a governor has a record of fighting for the middle class and I'm excited that we're kicking off our campaign by celebrating just how much Joe Biden got done at home and abroad the Democratic National vention kicks off today in Chicago where history will be made for the first time a woman of color will officially be nominated as the party's presidential candidate it's been a short road to this moment all starting just a little over four weeks ago when President Biden announced he would exit the race of course all eyes will be on Biden tonight as the president makes his prime time speech at the convention his 13th DNC where he will pass the torch to vice president Harris it will certainly be a tight RPP walk for Biden the 1:01 president is looking to take credit for his accomplishments and tout all that he has done during his four years in office but at the same time find just the right buffer between him and vice president Harris not to heavily tie the president hopeful to his administration joining me now is the hills National political reporter Julia Manchester who is on the ground there in Chicago Julia give us a look ahead about tonight what can we expect to hear from President Biden as the convention kicks off hey Margaret well you're absolutely right this is all about passing the torch tonight this is about Joe Biden cementing his legacy as president for the F first four years of his administration and passing that torch to ensure that kamla Harris essentially carries his legacy on into um you know a potential Harris Administration and making sure that she continues to really finish the job remember Biden and Harris obviously were on the same ticket in 2020 they've had the Administration 2:00 together so in a way kamla Harris is running on Joe Biden's record now she'll want to make some changes she'll want to do things her way but Joe Biden is going to be making the case to the American voters about what his administration was like his accomplishments Democrats like to say that his administration was one of the most productive in you know decades really out of many administrations talking about massive pieces of legislation that have been 2:26 passed such as the build back better 2:27 plan the infrastructure uh legislation 2:30 which was bipartisan so expect him to 2:33 talk about that to talk about his you 2:35 know Legacy in politics and really talk 2:37 about the Next Generation and what he 2:40 says are his hopes for that new 2:42 generation of leadership within the 2:43 Democratic party a bit of a handoff 2:46 speech but also a time to sell his 2:47 accomplishments now President Biden will 2:50 only be at the convention tonight 2:51 heading on vacation after that and you 2:54 know Democrats are is this a sign of any 2:57 Rising tension between the president and 2:59 top Democrats after he was essentially 3:00 forced to withdraw from the 3:05 election I don't think so this is 3:07 essentially Biden passing the torch I 3:09 mean this is kamla Harris's convention 3:12 um and this is a chance for her to be 3:14 able to introduce herself to the 3:16 American people you know she's been vice 3:18 president she was obviously a senator 3:20 from California so she has that um you 3:23 know Pro National profile but she's not 3:25 as perhaps well known to many Americans 3:28 as someone like Donald Trump is so they 3:30 want to get they want to give her the 3:32 chance to tell her own story and to make 3:34 this really about her and also about her 3:36 running mate Tim Walls and to Showcase 3:39 other Democrats who are up for 3:41 reelection and really talk about the 3:43 Democratic record um you know in 3:45 addition to President Biden speaking you 3:47 also have other major Democratic names 3:49 uh you know speaking to uh not only 3:51 tonight but also throughout the week 3:53 Hillary Clinton the former first lady 3:55 and Secretary of State former President 3:57 Bill Clinton Barack and Michelle Obama 3:59 obvious ly very popular figures not only 4:01 within the Democratic party but in 4:03 American politics so you know Biden 4:05 leaving I think is a way to sort of 4:08 symbolically pass the torch and say look 4:10 the spotlight should be on kamla Harris 4:12 she is at the top of the ticket at the 4:14 end of the day Julia you mentioned some 4:16 of the big political heavyweights taken 4:17 to the stage what are some other big 4:19 moments to watch 4:23 for you know I think obviously you have 4:26 these political heavy weights taking to 4:28 the stage you also have some rising 4:30 stars at this convention um you know 4:32 potential Governors who would be seen as 4:34 contenders down the line for 4:36 presidential races but one thing we are 4:38 watching for is to see how protests in 4:41 particular Pro Palestinian protests 4:43 impact this election you know they've 4:45 been happening outside of the perimeter 4:47 here in Chicago but I think there's a 4:49 real question as to where Pro 4:51 Palestinian protests how they impact 4:54 this convention will they essentially um 4:56 you know will there be any hecklers 4:58 inside U will this in the way of uh 5:01 kamla Harris and you know her her 5:03 message we know that this issue of 5:06 support for Israel and support for the 5:08 Palestinian people has been one that has 5:10 certainly divided the Democratic party 5:13 so is this does this mean the party is 5:15 divided going forward we don't know but 5:18 uh we could defin we'll definitely be 5:19 watching for that to see if these 5:21 protests have a negative or positive 5:23 impact on this um convention Julia we 5:26 know you just landed in Chicago a short 5:28 time ago what is the energy on the 5:30 ground like there heading into this big 5:35 week you know I think there's a lot of 5:37 energy I think a lot of Democrats are so 5:38 excited obviously to be here for this 5:41 convention it's hard to imagine just a 5:43 month ago this convention was going to 5:45 be totally different this was going to 5:46 be Joe Biden's convention now it's KLA 5:48 Harris's convention and just a month ago 5:51 I think there was a lot of anxiety and 5:53 quite frankly despair among Democrats so 5:56 I think um you know they're feeling 5:58 quite jubilent quite energetic quite 6:00 excited to be here in Chicago obviously 6:02 Chicago a big Democratic City a big 6:04 Union City very emblematic of that blue 6:07 wall so there's definitely excitement 6:09 there but also some anxiety I talked 6:11 about those protests we don't know how 6:13 these protests are going to impact the 6:14 election um you know if it's going to 6:16 have a negative impact or if they it 6:18 will be seen as maybe um you know more 6:21 voices in the Democratic fold making 6:22 their voices heard so definitely some um 6:25 excitement sprinkled in with some you 6:27 know potential anxiety as to what's to 6:30 come with this potential divide within 6:32 the party certainly now Harris is 6:34 heading into the convention with it 6:36 major jump in polling the latest shows 6:38 the vice president is now leading Trump 6:40 three points nationally despite this 6:42 Harris still says she sees herself as 6:44 Underdog in the race what should we make 6:47 of her surge in the polls is this just a 6:49 reflection of a honeymoon phase with 6:50 voters or has something fundamentally 6:52 changed with her at the top of the 6:54 ticket instead of 6:58 Biden I think there's a few things at 7:00 play first of all I think there 7:01 absolutely is a honeymoon phase she is 7:03 seen as someone who is definitely off to 7:06 a very positive start she's gotten a lot 7:08 of positive coverage she's run a very 7:10 good messaging campaign um you know we 7:13 see that a lot of young voters in 7:15 particular are excited about her we're 7:17 seeing that played out in social media 7:19 so that's um I think resonating in the 7:22 polls that excitement but we normally 7:24 see with you know in the runup to 7:26 conventions maybe during conventions 7:29 it's definitely a bit of a spike in the 7:31 polls for the candidate we saw that 7:32 Donald Trump and Republicans got that 7:34 just a few weeks ago in Milwaukee so I 7:37 think you're seeing that here with 7:38 Harris you're also seeing Democrats 7:40 coming home in the polls they feel 7:42 energized they feel excited it's 7:44 certainly a mood change from where they 7:45 were before but you know I think there 7:48 could be something bigger at play here 7:50 though um you're seeing kamla Harris 7:52 close the gap in key regions of the 7:55 country such as here in the Midwest 7:57 you're also seeing her do that in uh the 7:59 Sun Belt in States like North Carolina 8:01 and Georgia where just a month ago 8:03 Democrats were feeling pretty negatively 8:06 about their chances so there is 8:08 definitely a curiosity about kamla 8:10 Harris that being said though we know 8:12 that things can change rapidly in 8:14 elections and we see that polls tend to 8:16 narrow definitely after Labor Day so you 8:19 know this could be a honeymoon phase I 8:21 think the Harris campaign is expected 8:23 for things to tighten um you know for 8:25 the new cycle as as fickle as it can be 8:27 for they're trying to prepare for any 8:29 curveballs thrown at them you know in a 8:32 politics we have this uh I guess the 8:34 saying it's called an October surprise 8:36 these surprise events that happen um you 8:39 know in October before the election 8:40 we've had so many surprises already in 8:43 June and July so who knows what's uh yet 8:45 to come between now and November 8:47 certainly been busy another booze 8:49 harisis sting is in her favorability 8:51 rating among Americans a new survey from 8:53 the Associated Press NC shows that 48% 8:57 now have a very or somewhat favorable 8:59 view of Harris is Harris's messaging 9:02 really sticking heading into November 9:04 and is it a sign that her campaign has 9:06 done a solid job defining the 9:08 presidential candidate to 9:12 voters I think right now they're still 9:14 forming that message you know she 9:16 released her economic plan just last 9:18 week in uh North Carolina and she's 9:21 starting to roll out these policy 9:23 proposals and you know look she is 9:24 running on Joe Biden's record in many 9:27 ways but she's putting her own spin her 9:29 own ideas on a lot of these policies so 9:31 she is still in many ways defining 9:33 herself and I think what you're going to 9:35 see in this room this week uh you know 9:38 specifically on Thursday night is you 9:40 know her defining herself talking about 9:42 her biographical history um you know her 9:44 childhood formative years Etc um but I 9:48 think her campaign has certainly done a 9:50 good job with messaging so far 9:52 particularly tapping into that young 9:55 vote uh that we talk about that's so 9:57 important young voters seem to feel more 9:59 energized than in past elections and 10:02 we're seeing that play out in spaces 10:04 like social media and I talk about that 10:06 young vote but we're also seeing this 10:08 enthusiasm seen in the polls with some 10:10 older voters as well and with Women 10:12 Voters in general African-American 10:14 voters they all seem to feel that Harris 10:18 right now has um you know is the person 10:20 with momentum and they feel positively 10:22 about her but like I said things tend to 10:24 tighten after Labor Day and she is still 10:27 a very relatively new candidate so so 10:29 she'll work to really cement uh her 10:32 definition of herself if you will this 10:34 week at the DNC but um you know her 10:37 campaign's still going to have to 10:39 contend with Republicans working to 10:41 redefine her in a negative light a lot 10:44 to watch this week out of Chicago the 10:46 hills Julia Manchester thank 10:50 you thanks Margaret former president 10:53 Donald Trump and his VP pick JD Vance 10:56 are aiming to offer a forceful response 10:58 to Democrats gather in Chicago this week 11:01 the two are hitting the road in several 11:03 critical swing States reaching out to 11:04 voters across the country Trump is 11:07 returning to Pennsylvania today where he 11:09 begins the Battleground State Blitz it 11:11 will be Trump's 10th visit to the state 11:13 since announcing his 2024 bid the former 11:16 president is supposed to focus his 11:18 remarks on the economy but the big 11:20 question remains can he stay on message 11:23 as the Trump campaign hopes to bring 11:24 Harris's honeymoon period to an end here 11:27 to discuss the hills Brett Samuels Brett 11:30 the Trump campaign is doing its best to 11:31 counter program the DNC Trump kicking 11:34 off a tour of battleground States he's 11:36 also having Syrus hold news conferences 11:38 in Chicago during the convention does 11:41 this strategy have a chance of working 11:43 what issues is the Trump campaign going 11:45 to focus on as part part of their 11:47 counterprogramming 11:49 yeah the big question of whether it 11:51 works you know I think depends on how 11:53 the former president is able to stay on 11:55 message whether he's able to stay on 11:57 message uh or whether they end up 12:00 cutting through the the sort of coverage 12:01 of the DNC because of something 12:03 controversial that Trump says which 12:05 we've seen him do in some of his recent 12:07 appearances but the hope for the Trump 12:09 campaign is that they will spend the 12:11 next five days the rest of the week um 12:14 you know essentially offering 12:15 counterprogramming to the DNC by 12:17 visiting uh you know key Battleground 12:19 states that are going to decide the 12:20 election in November and ideally 12:23 focusing on the issues that Republicans 12:25 feel like they have a strong argument on 12:27 so we'll see uh as you mentioned former 12:29 president Trump will be in Pennsylvania 12:31 talking about the economy he's supposed 12:32 to visit Detroit uh the Detroit area in 12:35 Michigan to talk about crime he'll head 12:37 to Arizona to speak near the border 12:39 about immigration he'll be in North 12:40 Carolina talking about National Security 12:42 so these are the issues that the the 12:44 Trump campaign really feels like they 12:45 have on their side and the question is 12:47 whether uh the former president himself 12:49 can stay on that message and really 12:51 Hammer home uh what Republicans feel 12:53 like is a winning formula for them in 12:55 November Trump continues to go off 12:57 message with personal aimed at Harris 13:00 having this to say at a rally in 13:02 Pennsylvania over the weekend but I say 13:05 that I am much better looking than her I 13:07 think I'm much better much better I'm a 13:11 better looking person than 13:15 Kamala top Republicans are really urging 13:17 him to stop the insults and focus on 13:19 policy differences this comes as polls 13:21 continue to move in heres's favor are 13:24 there any signs Trump will take his 13:26 allies advice and talk policy or is 13:29 Trump gonna just continue to be Trump 13:31 that we we getting right 13:33 now yeah you know after about eight 13:35 years of trump campaigning it's just 13:37 kind of apparent I think that he is who 13:39 he is and this is what you get with him 13:41 is um you know on the one hand he 13:43 excites a lot of his supporters he 13:44 motivates this huge base of Voters but 13:47 on the other hand you're going to have 13:48 to put up with with sort of uh you know 13:50 asides like that where he goes off topic 13:53 and he makes news on things that 13:54 Republicans shake their heads at and 13:55 roll their eyes at where he gets really 13:58 personal and sort of goes you know what 13:59 would traditionally be thought of as a a 14:01 bit out of bounds in attacking his opponent uh you know Lindsey Graham the senator from South Carolina who's a really close Trump Ally uh said over the weekend that he he thinks that Trump could win on the issues in November but that maybe Trump the showman and Trump the provoca tour might not win in November and I think those comments you saw over the weekend in Pennsylvania that's sort of a perfect example of why Republicans are you know essentially begging Trump you know in public going on TV and really pleading with him to focus on policy because uh instead of talking about policy everyone is talking about these these very personal attacks against vice president Harris and that's not really a winning message for Republicans it's not really a winning message for former president Trump as he seeks to kind of stop the momentum from the Harris campaign so the long awaited report on President Biden's impeachment was released by House Republicans today accusing him of corruption and allowing his family to profit from his time in office no smoking guns here and Biden is now a lame duck president so is this report the end of house Republicans investigations into Biden or is there 15:01 more planned yeah it certainly seems like this is sort of the end of the road given as you said you know President Biden will be out of office in a little under six months um you know there doesn't seem to be much appetite among Republicans to actually vote on some kind of impeachment uh against President Biden this report as you mentioned does not really have much of a Smoking Gun it's sort of rehashing a lot of what we've already heard which is uh Republican believe that uh President Biden and his family essentially profited from from Biden's place in government uh but at the same time testimony from the president's brother from his son Hunter Biden sort of undercut those claims there was no evidence that that Biden never changed policy to benefit his family or because of his family's business interests with Ukraine or China so uh you know it's sort of uh a big deal that this report is out but in another way it sort of I think signals that this is you know basically the end of the road there's 16:01 just not much interest much appetite among Republicans to really kind of push this through and actually take a vote on this so uh I would be surprised if we see much of a push behind this report uh and instead I think it's more likely we see Republicans pivot to attacking vice president Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walls who's on the ticket in November the Republican primary for Florida's first congressional district is shaping up to be a rematch between Congressman Matt Gates and the man he toppled former house speaker Kevin McCarthy well no McCarthy isn't on the ballot but a political committee he controls has spent about $3 million attacking Gates and promoting his opponent former Navy pilot Aaron dick how competitive is this contest in Florida and does McCarthy and his allies have any chance of defeating Gates yeah certainly know this is is sort of the big uh you know I think climax of this fight that we've seen playing out for the better part of the last year year and a half between Kevin marthy and Matt Gates where uh obviously 17:01 Matt Gates was was a big hurdle for Kevin McCarthy in securing the gavl to become speaker and then Gates was a key figure in toppling McCarthy as speaker and ousting him um and the two have continued to trade really personal attacks in the months since then so certainly this is there's there's a very personal element to this but the question of whether it's going to be successful for Kevin McCarthy who has so far really struggled to topple any of the folks who he has he has tried to take out in a primary who who voted to atin as Speaker he hasn't been successful in that regard uh I'd be surprised if he's successful with Matt Gates certainly Matt Gates is no stranger to controversy you know each time he's run for re-election there's been sort of this flood of negative press uh this push to oust him uh over his conduct in Congress over these allegations about his ethics uh Behavior so um you know Matt Gates is no stranger to these kinds of challenges and this kind of opposition but um you know the question is whether this time will be different because Kevin McCarthy is putting a lot of time and money and and 18:00 resources behind this effort Democrats say that RFK junor campaign is showing signs of desperation as he tries to keep his third party presidential campaign afloat the latest sign he attempted to meet with the Harris team for a possible job in her Administration in exchange for his endorsement does he have any chance of playing spoiler in this election at this point what's the state of his campaign yeah I think the fact that you know RFK Jr is reaching out to the Harris campaign to see about some kind of job is really reflective of his standing in the presidential race which is that it's really really diminished in the last few months especially you know there was a time when polling showed RFK Jr in double digits and that he could actually play a really significant role um you know maybe not as a Victorious candidate but certainly as a spoiler candidate in some key swing States but just in the last couple months you know we've had RFK Jr on the phone with former president Trump talking about a potential job in a trump Administration should Trump win we had him you know reaching out to the Harris campaign to 19:01 see about a possible job in in her 19:02 Administration should she win um now RFK 19:05 Jr sort of pushed back on this said that 19:07 he's in it to defeat these candidates 19:09 and that they're not good for the 19:10 country but it's hard to ignore the fact 19:12 that I think uh you know he's looking 19:14 out for himself he's looking out for 19:16 what what he could do after this 19:17 election or or what he might be able to 19:19 get in return for some kind of 19:20 endorsement um and I think that's 19:22 reflective of the fact that he just he 19:24 just doesn't have much momentum or much 19:26 traction at this point as the race 19:28 really kind of Narrows in on Trump and 19:30 Harris former Congressman George Santos 19:32 is expected to plead guilty in his fraud 19:35 case during a hearing in federal court 19:36 on Long Island today of course he could 19:39 change his mind at any point but the 19:40 controversial Santos has been defiant 19:42 since being charged what could a plea 19:44 deal mean for him what can we 19:48 expect yeah to your point you know he 19:50 George Santos had really sort of 19:51 professed his innocence for as long as 19:54 these charges have been brought against 19:55 him so the fact that he's reversed 19:57 course I think is a sign that uh you 20:00 know we were getting down to the nitty-gritty here getting down to the wire and uh you know if you went to trial if you were convicted on these charges uh they would bring with them a minimum amount of prison time so um you know he was looking at jail time should he be convicted so this plea deal could help him avoid going to prison um but certainly you know uh we shall see if he goes through with with this deal but any plea would of course mean that he's admitting guilt when it comes to some of these charges around uh misleading donors around inflating campaign Finance reports um you know these charges have been following him for for months uh really since he got to the house after the 2022 midterm elections so uh certainly one to watch but you know it's just another another example of sort of the George S Santos Saga uh just continuing and being something that Washington DC can't quite Shake all right we'll leave it there thank you as always the hills Brett Samuels thank you a breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin saying Monday that 21:00 Israel has accepted a US proposal to secure the release of the remaining hostages and bring the war in Gaza to a halt this proposal is based on a unbacked proposal the Biden Administration rolled out in May of this year secretary blinkin is now urging Hamas to accept the deal as well it's the single best way not only to get the hostages home uh to ease the suffering of people in Gaza is also the best way to make sure that conf doesn't spread and then open prospects for trying to build a more enduring peace and security for everyone it comes after blinken warned Monday that this may be the best and last chance for the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas mediators including secretary blinkin will meet again this week in Cairo to hear hamas's response and potentially finalize the details us backed forces were deployed to take control of Haiti back from violent street gangs is struggling to complete their mission the US backed and Kenyan Le Coalition of 400 troops was 22:01 deployed to the island nation nearly 2 months ago with the goal of restoring order so far the troops have not been able to reach the capital city of Porter Prince and the only two major clashes have been resulted in setbacks experts say the Coalition will need more than just more money and more officers to solve the gang violence in the country Haiti has been struggling with gang violence since the assassination of the president in 2021 the co 19 pandemic may be over but the disease isn't gone infections have surged across the country this summer and it shows no signs of slowing the wave is due in large part to new mutations and variants the CDC no longer tracks individual infection numbers but experts say it could be the biggest summer wave yet so far the variants have proven to cause more serious illness and the vaccines are still effective television talk show host Phil donu died Sunday at his home in New York donah Hugh spent nearly 30 years as the 23:01 host of the Phil Donahue show known for tackling tough topics and speaking with controversial guest he was the first talk show host to invite audiences to question his guest and was the first host to open telephone lines to viewers at home with roughly over 7,000 episodes Donnie Hugh's show won a total of 20 Daytime Emmy Awards he was 88 years old that's today's daily debrief I'm Margaret chadborne be sure to like share and subscribe to the hill YouTube channel and come back here soon for the intersection between politics and policy

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